Coming home has two meanings for me (Matt): 1)this was the theme of our 3 adoptions. Our daughters were coming home to the family God destined them to be with; 2)coming home is practical theme for my life (Matt)as well.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Working Hard, or Not

Doll Bench by Nia Pregont

This morning Nia came downstairs carrying a bunch of scrap wood, nails, and a kid's wooden hammer. She just walked straight past me, out to the back porch and started hammering away. Half an hour later she brought in this doll bench. Now I sign her up for woodworking class??

Isabel is actually quite a reliable helper. She spent hours painting trim wood for the upstairs. I always liked helping out my dad when I was little, too.

Matt has been working like a borrowed mule trying to finish the upstairs. He's been hanging door and doing trim this past week. I had a decorating party last night, which involved having a few girlfriends over to help put some stuff up on the walls. I used to enjoy this kind of thing, but lately I truly just want someone else to do it for me. It's too overwhelming...."a little to the right" or "that goes better in that room with that thingy." At one point I lost complete control as my friends were taking down things I'd already hung last year and moving them elsewhere. How's that for a vote in one's decorating confidence?

I would've added pics of all the other kids helping out, but there aren't any. Hmmm.

About Us

We are a family with 3 biological boys and 3 adopted girls. We homeschool, drive a big white 15-passenger van, don't have cable because we'd never speak to each other if we did, love coffee, love books, and try to live in God's grace as much as possible, cause we sure do need it.